Josh Burton's ecomm blog

We watched multiple videos about different types of printing processes. We learned about the relief process, the intaglio process, and the lithography process. Each process uses different materials and tools that help to make their designs unique. Here is a more in-depth view of each individual process: Relief Process:  Relief printing is the process of cutting away at a surface in order to create an image from the raised area. In a step by step process of this, first you can draw directly onto a linoleum block with a marker. Then, a linoleum cutter is used to cut away what you have drawn on the block. This means that whatever you have drawn will eventually be in white, while the blank space will be black. Then, ink will be applied to your linoleum block with a roller. Lastly, you can place a piece of paper on the linoleum block and apply light pressure in order to reveal your image. After letting the ink dry, this process is finished. Example of relief process . Intagli...

It's game time. The last month of practice all built up to this game, the tournament final. When I start getting ready, the first thing I think about is how hot it is! It's midday and the astroturf we are playing on seems to escalate the heat up to 100 degrees. Gosh, this game was gonna be rough. We are playing our biggest rivals, Olathe West, for all the marbles. I'm excited, but also nervous because I want to win the game so badly. I try to get the rest of my nerves out before the game and eventually our team finishes our warm up, so we line up for the start of the game.  The referee blows their whistle and we kick off. I start playing, already starting to become exhausted by the blazing sun. Early in the game, my teammates link up and then take a shot and... GOAL!!!!! We take the lead at 1-0! The game wasn't over, though. We still had a lot of time to defend our lead. We were doing well until we got beat on the wing and they finished their opportunity. 1-1. We w...

For this project, our group decided to make our video over the process of getting an elevator key at ONW when you are injured. Before we started filming our video, we had to complete multiple different tasks during Pre-Production. One of these processes was storyboarding. During storyboarding, we sketched out what we wanted to show during each shot as well as the camera angles. We also wrote out a script for what we would be showing and then we assigned different roles for the video itself. We also went through a few more planning processes before we started the filming process. Our group decided to film multiple close ups of different actions first. We then moved in to our other shots, where we showed where and how to get an elevator key as well as how to use it. When we combined our close ups with our more wide shots, it created a good variety of shots that complimented each other well. We had a few growing pains along the way, but we eventually got all the shots we needed. Once we...

For this project, we started out by photographing our partner. We chose a specific location in our courtyard so there would be an interesting background and our subject would still look good. Once we had our photo, we took it into photoshop and started editing it. I started the editing process by copying the picture and then making then picture black and white. Then I cut out my subject and made him his own layer. I then applied a filter to the background, and separated it into two different parts-the tree and everything else. I then used the paint splatter brush to add a little bit of color back into the background, while also keeping the features from the original filter. I then moved to editing my subject. I started by separating him into three groups (hair, skin/head, and shirt). First, I edited the hair. I selected it by using the quick selection tool and then started painting it in my desired colors. I also put a slightly darker shade of purple around his head to create a s...

For this Photoshop challenge, we were asked to incorporate different elements of nature in to a photo of a man. The first thing we had to choose was the photos we wanted to photoshop into different parts of the original picture. One of the first photographs I saw was an interesting rock wall. I really liked the unique colors it had, so I started by putting that photo into the man's jacket. I did this by creating a layer mask that worked alongside the picture of the rock wall, along with the original photo and I made it so the photo only would show through the area I wanted. After this, I also added a curve adjustment layer to make the rocks appear a little darker than before. Lastly, I changed the blending mode to "pass through" to make the colors pop even more. Next I started to work on the man's hair. Since I made the jacket look like rocks, I figured it would look really good if I  made the rest of my photo rock themed. Once I decided this, I knew that it would b...

This first set of tutorials on Photoshop definitely involved a large learning process. We learned how to use multiple different tools. These tools consist of content aware fill, the patch tool, clone stamp tool, healing brush tool, and spot healing brush.  We worked on a separate mini-project for each one of these and then combined all of our skills to create a portrait collage. Each tool has its own purpose. For example, the content aware fill tool is the most basic of all of them. You simply select an area of a photo, and it makes that area blend in better by inspecting the rest of the background. The patch tool works in a similar way except you can be more precise with how a certain area will look. Whereas the clone stamp tool lets y ou correct the color of a specific area by painting over it with the color of a nearby area. The healing brush lets you paint over small blemishes and blends it in with the surrounding colors. Lastly the spot healing brush is pretty similar to the h...

Josh's Life in a Nutshell In my self portrait, I chose to represent myself by filming myself reffing. With this, I wanted to show others my passion for soccer. I also wanted my peers to know I am responsible because it'll help show them that they can rely on me as their group member. I think that my video will also portray my good work ethic and ability to get the job done. I am satisfied with what I showed in my video and I think I did a good job at broadcasting what I am like. Out of all the other videos we watched, I enjoyed Alex's because I thought he did a great job at establishing a beginning, middle, and end to his self portrait. He could've changed a few things in terms of his camera positioning, but I thought the overall content was very interesting. During the making of this video, I had my sister film me from a couple different angles so I could decide which one I liked later on. I ended up choosing this angle because it was very close to the action and y...